jso2897:I'm betting he had it sent to himself to whore some attention - he's been out of the news for a while.

That or it's going to turn out to not be an explosive device at all. Maybe a clock radio he ordered off Amazon.

(not just being snarky; this wouldn't be the first time the bomb squad made an initial mistake on id'ing a bomb. if they think it MIGHT be a bomb they treat it as such, and that means destroying it in a way to make the bomb inert and THEN confirming it was really a bomb. safety and all)